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Thursday, October 2, 2008 12:00 AM

A nation of conspiracy theorists can't be wrong

From miracle diets to creationism to rumors about the origins of 9/11, a new book traces our irrational love of misinformation.

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  • Wednesday, October 1, 2008 06:42 PM

    you mean, like

    ... there are weapons of mass destruction in Iraq

    ... they'll welcome us with open arms, throw rose petals in our path

    ... democracy will sweep the middle east

    ... the surge is working

    ... the bailout is for main street, not wall street

    you know, one man's BS is another man's dogma...

    It's easy to bash what you consider to be irrational.

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